Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
100 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Düren (City of Düren) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Printed in black on cream paper, the obverse is framed by a multi-row guilloche border with a light underprint of "Stadt Düren" in the upper field. The denomination "Einhundert Millionen" is set in bold Gothic Fraktur blackletter across the centre, with "100.000.000 Mark" in a mixed typeface immediately below and the serial number in red to the right. The lower portion carries a block of German text affirming the note's backing by Reichsschatzanweisungen and the liability of the Stadtgemeinde Düren, dated 18. September 1923, with the facsimile signature of the Oberbürgermeister. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Printed in olive-brown on cream paper, the reverse is enclosed by a guilloche border carrying the repeated legend "MARK EINHUNDERT MILLIONEN MARK" along the upper and lower margins, with "EINHUNDERT MILLIONEN" running vertically on both side panels. The central vignette, set within an arched letterpress frame, presents a view of the Düren market square with the town hall and St. Annen church tower visible in the background and figures in the foreground, with "STADT DUREN" in bold sans-serif capitals below. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Düren's municipal authority was among hundreds of German local governments forced to print their own high-denomination emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank could not supply notes fast enough to meet demand. At 100,000,000 Mark, this note was already obsolete within weeks of issue — the Reichsbank's own denominations were climbing toward the billions and trillions by October of that year.
Merkelbach references 26–29 suggest at least four distinct variants within this denomination, most likely differentiated by date or serial block. Locally printed Notgeld of this period frequently shows inconsistent ink saturation and registration, a direct consequence of civilian print shops operating commercial presses under urgent municipal contracts.